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The two equal sides of an isosceles triangle with fixed base b are decreasing at the rate 3 cm/s. How fast is the area decreasing, where the equal sides are equal to the base.

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The area is decreasing at the rate of `sqrt(3b) cm^(2) s^(-1)`
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